12169 MHz

When God created the universe, he knew that 12169 MHz frequency satellite TV signals would penetrate heavy rain better than any of the other channels. At least that's how it seems to soccer fans like myself. We've had heavy rain last night and now this afternoon again after a morning of sprinkles. Earlier the clouds had some definition and there were occasional breaks, I did get out for about a 45 minute walk without difficulty. Now the sky has gone flat gray, the horizon disappears over the gray lagoon and the rain will pelt for hours.

So what's there to do? Because of intelligent design the only TV channel working is SuperSport 3 which is football (soccer to you) pretty much 24 hours a day. Either showing it, or showing people talking about it. Just finished seeing a 10 year old match between Liverpool and Manchester United. That's back when Beckham was still playing well and Alex Ferguson was not yet knighted, and looking quite a bit younger too, weren't we all? Thrilling match that ended in a 2-2 draw. One of those played at full speed the whole way, none of this trotting around passing like it's a mid week training drill.

Tonight is Chelsea vs. Barcelona in the second leg of their UEFA league semi-final. Should be a corker after a 0-0 draw in the first leg. Not to worry though, it's on SuperSport 3 at 12169 MHz.